Emma Raducanu

British number one Emma Raducanu is stealing the headlines in the build-up to the 2022 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. The 19-year-old rose the fore in 2021 ...

Although she has lived in London, one of her fondest memories is going to see her grandmother in Romania. In 2021 after winning her maiden Grand Slam at the US Open, she was voted the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. Due to her professional tennis career being in its infancy, Raducanu has enjoyed a meteoric rise up the rankings from 343 in 2020 before her US Open win shot her into the top 20. However, promising American and beaten French Open finalist, Coco Gauff, is the youngest in that section, aged 18. In each of her last two, she could only reach the Second Round. She became the youngest major champion since Maria Sharapova in 2014 and the lowest-ranked player to win a major since 2009 - when Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki.

The 19-year-old Brit faces a tough first-round clash with grass court specialist Alison Van Uytvanck and has had limited preparation ahead of Wimbledon due to a ...

O'Donoghue's former doubles partner Claire Curran insists that “Jane’s never not been on Emma’s team.” She told The Telegraph: "She’s always been an invisible mentor to Emma, she’s a friend of the family. At the US Open, she beat people on the front foot, changing direction - that’s the game they created together.” “It has been challenging for her the past three weeks to have this injury, she hasn’t really been able to play any matches.

Your complete guide to Emma Raducanu's next match at Wimbledon 2022, including what time she is playing today.

Wimbledon is once again broadcast across BBC platforms throughout the duration of the tournament. She was an obscure figure garnering a smattering of support by those who spotted the 'GBR' attached to her name. Raducanu has been handed a tricky draw by first-round standards. You can unsubscribe at any time. How to watch Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon For the first time in history, the general public is looking forward to watching Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon.

Emma Raducanu stormed to the US Open last year and returns to Wimbledon as one of the great British hopes of success, but she heads to SW19 with question ...

He explains that those days are never in the week before a tournament, during a tournament, or in the four days preceding a tournament - allowing her tennis to continue to be the priority. I have heard it suggested that since her sensational US Open win in September last year, that Raducanu has taken her eye off the ball - so to speak. However, it would be wrong to think that her injuries are down to a lack of conditioning or training.

The British No 1 tells Kevin Garside about a whirlwind year, the 'surreal' feeling of seeing her face on Wimbledon station posters and why she is not ...

If that’s as good as it gets it is already a remarkable thing, and one she appears predisposed to enjoy. Though that might not satisfy the John McEnroes of this precinct, who saw in her retirement in the fourth round a year ago a lack of nerve more than fitness, it seems reasonable to more sensitive ears. She is one of only 126 women in the history of tennis to win a grand slam tournament. What she is in fact experiencing is a crash course in how the world works, about power, influence, commerce, value, and how she connects to the rapidly evolving eco system surrounding her. Everyone wants me to do well and is behind me, [those] who are out there on the court and are going to be cheering. Today she is dealing with tens of millions of pounds on her own account. About the starring role Raducanu is learning on the job, like a princeling suddenly empowered by the death of the monarch. I think that everything that I’ve been doing with them has been very positive because I feel like I’ve learnt a lot from them, just seeing the way they go about things. She is the star of Vodafone’s new summer campaign. Ask her what it all means, how it feels to be loved by all, to be the focus of attention, to be the major story on the world’s most celebrated tennis stage having never set foot on Centre Court, and she is groping around the baseline for answers; a little ill at ease, a little nervous, a little unsure. A year ago she arrived as a little known sixth-former straight from the A-level examination hall. To her right an aide directing the questioning, like a Walsingham or Cecil fussing about Elizabeth I.

Emma Raducanu starts her second ever Wimbledon campaign on Centre Court as British no1 against Alison Van Uytvanck. It marks a stunning rise to prominence ...

Raducanu will serve for the match. Forehand into the net from the Brit next point, 15-30. Second serve too... Break point for the Brit! 40-0 and three match points. Plus, she only converted four of 12 break-point chances, two of which came courtesy of double faults from her opponent.